An early version of the test was applied to PARRY, a chatbot designed by colby1972turing to imitate aggressive emotions.
Most psychiatrists couldn't distinguish between transcripts of real paranoids and PARRY [1]}, [2]}.
This example of PARRY may be viewed as an edge case, given that the comparison was not made with rational human beings but paranoids [3]}.
A limited version of the test was introduced in 1991, alongside its unrestricted version, in what is called the Loebner Prize competition [3]}.
Every year, since then, prizes have been awarded to conversational ai that pass the restricted version in the competitions [5]}.
This competition has its share of criticisms, including the view that it is rewarding tricks instead of furthering the course of ai [6]}, [3]}.
As a result of this, shieber1994lessons recommended an alternative approach, whereby the competition will involve a different award methodology that is based on a different set of assessment and done on an occasional basis.
